 What was inflation on the day that Joe Biden took office? It's easy to look up. I've done it a number of times. 1.4%, not 9, 1.4. And it had been around 2% for the previous four years and around 2% for most of the previous decade. Unemployment, which did spike during the pandemic year to 15, was at 6% when Joe took over. Last night, Joe Biden says it was 16%.